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2026 marks 90 years since the publication of William Faulkner’s masterwork, Absalom, Absalom! (1936). Widely considered the greatest Southern novel of all time and among the most influential literary works of the twentieth century, the nineth Faulkner Studies in the UK colloquium celebrates Absalom, Absalom!’s incalculable influence upon global literature.
This international conference seeks to explore the enduring allure of post cards, looking at the many ways that French and American poets from the early twentieth century onward have approached the medium as facilitating, inspiring, or circulating their poetic writing. We particularly encourage original case studies of poets whose interest in postcards as a form of writing has not been explored. Please submit your abstract (300 words max) and short biography to the conference organisers before 7th November 2025.
Settler Colonialisms / British Empire is a UK-based research network, workshop series and conference for the study of British settler colonialisms, ‘at home’ and abroad. By bringing together researchers across institutions, disciplines and career stages, we hope to advance critical, materialist, comparative and transhistorical approaches to the study of empire and its afterlives.
"Critical Health," a two-day international conference, will be held at Sorbonne Université (and online) on 17-18 October 2025. Registration (in person/online) is free, but mandatory: please visit our website for more details (www.criticalhealthconference.wordpress.com)
Join us for a mini-break to the world of US culture's fantasy vacations. Thursday 25 September, 18.30-19.30 The British Library (Eliot Room) | Free
The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for its annual one‐week Spring Academy conference, which provides twenty international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects. The twenty-third HCA Spring Academy on American Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, Politics & Religion will be held from March 23-27, 2026.
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